Daily Kennebec journal., 1887-02-18
State News,
ANDROSCOGGIN.

ANDRoscoGGIS.
The members of the G. A. Il and Ladies
Relief Corps at Mechanic Falls are 10 erect
soldiers monument. They hope to have II
ready for unveilng next Memorial Day.
The closing Of the paper mills at Mechanic
Falls has caused some distress among the op-
aratives, and sew eral applications have already
been made to the authorities for aid
FRANKLIN.
New SHARoN.-Your correspondent made
a mistake last we, k IN saving that Kennedy
Smith of Tim Pond" fame was son of
Amasa Smith of New Sharon. Ills fathers
name was David Smith, and he was raised in
Resdfeld and is a brother of Thomas Smith,
the well known merchant here.-Fhe Con-
gregationalists are holding a series of relie-
ous meetings, Rev. G. w. Jones being as
sisted by Rev. Mr. Harlow.
HANCOCK.
The house of Samuel Moon. on the Ferry
road below Ellsworth, was DESTROYED by fire
Monday night at about nine o'clock. MIR.
Moon was burned quite badly while trying to
save some of the goods in the house, and was
obliged to send tor a physician.
Ground has been br ken on Ledge Lawn
Avenue, Bar Harbor, fIr the foundation of
the new Baptist church which will be erected
n
wooden structure and will cost between seven
and eight thousand dollars.
LINCOLN.
ALMA Our correspondent writes Feb. l3
Cold Monday morning,24 degrees below at
the village and 28 degrees below at Head
Tide.--J. Allen Jewett has been appointed
postmaster at Head Tide.-Qli,e a number
have taken the precaution to place locks and
hi ka. ID
buildings. 1t is the first time for many years
that suspicion has been so strorg as at pres
ent-Frank Raadlett is very low with paraly-
sis.
The Norway tannerv has commenced to
ship leather to England. Qiite recently the
production of this tannery to the extent of
100000 pounds of pelts was shipped to Liver
pool and London.
Fred o. Goodwin, one of Albanv's school
teachers, came very near losing his life.
While walking on the icy crust on side hill
he slipped and fell forward and slid down the
hill some 20 rods, his head striking tree.
His companions took him up for dead and
carried him to the nearest house, nearly half
mile distant, and after some efforts there
he was restored to consciousness.
PENoBscoT.
Mr.. Marshall J. Esery, of Bangor. was
troubled with a very severe cold few days
ago and took up what he supposed to be a
bottle of cough mixture and swallowed a tea
spoonful of it, But it proved to be iodine
tina. be had taken by mistake and all was
summoned. He was seriously ill from the
effects of the burning liquid.
Mrs. Mark Thompson, of Veazie, who was
terribly burned few weeks ago by her
clothes catching fire from stove, died, Tues
day morning 1t was thought at one time
that she would recover, but her burns were
so very bad that medical aid proved unavail-
ing.
The Bangor Commercial reports a strange
mslady among the Bangor dogs, resembling
hvdrophobia in a mild form. Several valua-
BILE dogs have already been shot for trying to
bite persons.
PIsCATAQUis.
A serious accident occurred at the East
Dover Woolen Mills on the llth. Mrs. Fred
Shaw, weaver in the mill, had shut down
the loom and was engaged in cleaning up
when the loom was accidently started up and
piece of steel, one half inch in width, called
the dagger, was forced through the right arm
about half way between the wrist and elbow
gong between the bones in the arm and pro-
truding three inches on the opposite side of
the arm.
The Monson Slate Compan. have com.
pleted contract viii new company in Mas
sachusetts wereby a school slate factory is to
be started in Monson. 1t will consume the
product of one quarry. The states are to
have rubber frames.
SAGADAHOC.
The Bath Times is agitating the question of
new city building, to be finished with COM
modious public hall, library rooms, etc. Mr..
G. c. Moses offers to give the city $40, OO6
for public library, on certain conditions.
SOMERSET.
Mrs. K M. Nutting of Madison Bridge,
Me, was at Hartford, VT, Tuesday, search.
ing for the body of her brother whom she
thinks was on the train that met with the
the disaster at White River.
WALDO
Capt George F. Ryan Of Belfast, reports
that one day last week, between eighty and
one hundred live grasshopper. emerged from
the dirt of potted plant, and hoped about
ia a very lively manner as long as the sun
shone, but died when the sun rays vanished.